The ethics board said it was "particularly troubling" that Tammy Wendt long knew of the violation but kept her cousin on staff.
Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Tammy Wendt must fire her cousin from his chief of staff position in her office and pay the county $2,000 for violating rules against nepotism, the county’s Ethics Board has ruled.as her top staffer, triggering an investigation from the ethics board tasked with fining employees who flout the ordinance governing best practices within their offices.
Wendt, a Democrat from Palos Heights who ousted a Republican incumbent in 2020, filed Monday to run for reelection to the tax appeals board and will face Ald. George Cardenas, 12th, in the June 28 primary. Neither Wendt nor Thielmann could be reached for comment. “In her on-going violation the Ethics Code’s probation on employment of relatives, Wendt has not only violated her fiduciary duty owed to the County, but she has done so in a manner that flagrantly disregards the tenants of government accountability to the public and transparency,” Szromba wrote. “The Ethics Board finds this particularly troubling as it is clear that Wendt has long been aware of the violation and has taken no steps to rectify it.
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